European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 7 italian builds table for army Headquarters army main Headquarters building at Caserma Ederle now features a gift from an italian dedicated to a fallen american Alberto a Carpenter who has worked with americans at Caserma Ederle for most of the past spent part of the past three years coming up with an idea and building Zanello said he has gotten to know Many americans while working on a number of projects on he came up with the idea As a memo rial to Sascha who died in a helicopter crash in april 2005 in he and Struble had worked together in the bases claims the table top is mounted on top of books made of Al Berto Kanellos and also contributed to the Frank the commander of the Southern Europe an task Force airborne accepted the gift in a ceremony last no charges recommended in Friendly fire deaths an army investigator recommended that no charges be 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communication provider overseas Call us 06221750050 Paa email us  visit us Telephone and Del lines with fast activation Call the Usa for cents support and software in English extended marines Are eligible for More pay about marines in Iraq will get More Money by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes marines serving seven month deployments can now earn per month for up to five months if they Are sex the change should affect an estimated marines in Iraq who were extended As part of the troop buildup known As the said Phillip compensation policy chief for the Marine in two Marine infantry battalions in Iraq were extended for about 60 Days and the 15th Marine expeditionary units deployment to Iraq was extended for 45 Days As part of an increase in forces in marines who were part of the surge and have since returned Home must go through their Chain of command to apply for the Bonincontri said the new policy became effective March according to a recent corps wide or a the move does not indicate that the corps plans to extend marines now in Iraq or Bonincontri nor does the new policy mean that rotation lengths for marines downrange will most marines Are deployed for seven with marines at the level or High such As Headquarters serving 12month those marines Are Al ready eligible for per month for up to three months if they Are Bonincontri commandant James Conway initiated the new Bonincontri the intent is to provide compensation to Mem Bers who As a result of operational requirements have been involuntarily extended beyond the Origi Nal return Bonincontri eligible marines must be in the Central command theater of operations or other locations designated by the the new policy under the marines receive the full even if they Are extended for Only part of a if a is involuntarily extended for 61 the total air assignment incentive pay that is payable is because the visual exceeded 3 months of involuntary Exten the policy marines cannot receive the compensation if they have already received Money under a separate pro Gram that pays marines per month to stay in the corps past the end of their Active service when their unit is the policy Bonincontri told stripes in february that Only 20 marines were eligible for the per month compensation for More see mar admin at email Jeff Schogol at  air Force slashes some of its annual training requirements by Jennifer Svan stars and stripes the air Force is slashing Ancil Lary training requirements so air men can spend More time doing their after airmen will be required to devote 90 minutes Annu ally to the training instead of nearly nine hours spread throughout the ancillary training is consid ered education that is outside an airmans specially or primary duties but necessary to meet certain Legal examples Are antiterrorism records information Assurance sex a assault and suicide the goal is to Cut the time spent on ancillary training to the mini mum level air Force chief of staff Michael Moseley was quoted As saying in an air Force news release Mon under the new the air Force will Cluster the training into a 90minute Block instruction commanders will have the option to hold the entire 90 minutes in one mass or split it into three segments throughout the according to air Force training will be organized into categories and will be available As both group and individual com Puter i will not let ancillary training overshadow our combat Moseley was quoted in the re these Concrete Steps will tip the Scales to give airmen More time to focus on their primary the initiative is part of an air Force program to save time and Money in the face of personnel and budget coupled with a High operations a team led by Roger Deputy chief of staff of air Force personnel and examined 16 training courses and redesigned How air men will receive that inform officials Brady stated the new plan will save each air men almost an entire or about some specific training for select members wont be such As initial Security Orienta Tion for new airmen at their first duty station and counter Intel gence training for airmen Chang ing duty stations to go according to the Brady stated there is a plan to reduce the time it takes for these extra courses by up to 72 our approach is aggressive and will Force everyone to justify How the benefits of their pro posed training outweigh the Bur Den on our Brady was quoted saying in the airmen at Misawa air base welcomed news of the plan to re Duce training senior airman Tyree a Gor a medical administrator at the said the change Means Shell be Able to get More work you can Only do it at work on the she said of ancillary training Cours it Doest need to be nine it just gets drilled in your Over and Over and you dont use another senior Joshua Damsma with the 35th communications said compact ing and focusing the time spent on ancillary training is a positive thing for the air giving airmen More time for Job related Emall Jennifer Svan at